America’s hospital regulator wasn’t designed for a pandemic
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is responsible for safety regulations. It is ill-equipped to enforce them.
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Dear Therapist: My Daughter’s Boundaries Are Preventing Us From Having a Relationship
Editor’s Note: On the last Monday of each month, Lori Gottlieb answers a reader’s question about a problem, big or small. Have a question? Email her at dear.therapist@theatlantic.com.
Don’t want to miss a single column? Sign up to get “Dear Therapist” in your inbox. Dear Therapist,My daughter is in her late 20s and I am 65. She was married last summer and has no children.
Locking People Up Is No Way to Treat Mental Illness
Mental illness has touched nearly every family in America in one way or another. Recent reports suggest that the coronavirus pandemic has only exacerbated this situation, particularly for young people and children, as well as for health-care workers. Despite the ubiquity of mental illness, our ability to help those who have behavioral disorders recoup lives interrupted by them is deeply inadequate.
They Were Reckless and in Love, and They Were the New Hollywood
American idylls have unusual roots, and so it’s no great surprise to consider that the “New Hollywood” that found its full flourish in the early 1970s had origins all the way back in 1961 with the improbable union of two artists who met and married that year.
Starting Over When You Think It’s Too Late
Listen and subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Stitcher | Google | Pocket CastsA professional change in midlife can provide a much-needed reset—at least when you’re looking for a career that more closely aligns with your passion. But finding what you love, especially once you’ve gone down an entirely different path, can feel impossible.
Austin pushing to effectively decriminalize abortion ahead of ruling on Roe
The state’s so-called trigger law, which would take effect 30 days after a Supreme Court ruling overturning Roe, includes the nation’s harshest criminal penalties on abortion.
CMS turning attention to hospitals with Covid outbreaks
The nation’s hospital regulator is probing hospitals where patients were likely infected with Covid after a record spike in transmission this year.
Demand for monkeypox vaccine grows in U.S., European countries as virus cases climb
Governments warn against panicking, but they are planning for the worst outcome.
Pfizer, BioNTech report 80 percent efficacy of Covid-19 vaccine for youngest children
The companies plan to finish submitting data to the Food and Drug Administration this week.
State Democrats, abortion-rights activists ‘incredibly frustrated’ with federal inaction
Democratic inaction at the federal level could complicate the party’s efforts to run this fall as champions of reproductive rights.
Health official on monkeypox: ‘I feel like this is a virus we understand’
Ashish Jha said he doesn’t expect monkeypox will become a particularly big threat.
China’s fragility feeds the doom-mongers in Davos
Fêted at the World Economic Forum in 2017, Xi Jinping is now accused of torpedoing the global economy with his disastrous Zero Covid strategy.
RIP Davos Man, long live globalization
Open markets aren’t what they used to be. A more complicated, more regional economic system is reshaping the global order.
U.S. economy is in a ‘period of transition,’ White House economic adviser says
Despite high inflation, the U.S. is “moving from the strongest economic recovery in modern history to what can be a period of more stable and resilient growth,” Brian Deese said.
U.S. inflation hit 8.3% last month but slows from 40-year high
On a month-to-month basis, prices rose 0.3% from March to April, a still-elevated rate but the smallest increase in eight months.
Fed set to launch fresh assault on inflation in new era for economy
Rates this year could reach their highest levels since before the 2008 Wall Street crash if surging prices continue.
Report from the Donbas: Shelling Intensifies in Severodonetsk as Russia Moves to Capture Key City
Heavy fighting is continuing in eastern Ukraine as Russia attempts to seize the entire Donbas region, where fighting began in 2014. We speak to independent journalist Billy Nessen, who just left the city of Severodonetsk, where Russian shelling has exponentially increased. He says a possible Russian capture of Severodonetsk would be a “big propaganda victory for Russia,” but predicts that Ukrainians are not yet at the point where they are willing to concede.
“Doubling Down”: How Minneapolis Elites Worked to Stop Police Reform After George Floyd’s Murder
Wednesday marked two years since George Floyd was murdered by former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, setting off worldwide protests against police violence. But has anything in Minneapolis changed? We spoke with longtime local activist Robin Wonsley Worlobah, who is also now Minneapolis’s first Black democratic socialist city councilmember.
“Trigger Points”: Author Mark Follman on How to Stop Mass Shootings Through Community Prevention
Shortly before the massacres in Buffalo, New York, and Uvalde, Texas, we spoke with author and journalist Mark Follman about the epidemic of mass shootings in the United States. Follman is the author of the new book “Trigger Points: Inside the Mission to Stop Mass Shootings in America,” in which he closely examines how a community-based prevention method called “behavior threat assessment” can help prevent mass shootings.
Patrick Cockburn Warns the West’s “Triumphalism” in Ukraine Could Prolong Conflict Indefinitely
As fighting continues in Ukraine, we speak with journalist Patrick Cockburn, who says Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is peddling a “vague triumphalism” which is “obscuring just how dangerous and how bad the situation has become.” His recent CounterPunch piece is headlined “London and Washington are Being Propelled by Hubris — Just as Putin was.
The West’s Long Haul in Ukraine
The Western world must prepare itself for a long war in Ukraine that will require ongoing support for Kyiv to guarantee Russia’s defeat, as well as reinforced defenses across Europe to ensure that Vladimir Putin does not underestimate NATO’s readiness to defend “every inch” of its territory, Jens Stoltenberg, the military alliance’s secretary-general, told me recently.
Marjorie Taylor Greene Goes Completely Off The Rails With Her Latest Beef
This one involves Bill Gates, fake meat, “peach tree dishes” and bowel movements.
Rep. Mo Brooks Says We Need Our Guns So We Can ‘Take Back’ The Nation
The lawmaker doesn’t believe the government is legitimate because of his fantasy that Donald Trump was “robbed” of his victory.
News Roundup: Biden arrives in Uvalde as Republicans again vow to protect guns over children
President Joe Biden arrived in Uvalde, Texas today to pay his respects to the victims of the latest school shooting that didn’t have to happen. This time, 19 grade school students and two teachers died.
Ukraine update: As Russia presses in on Severodonetsk, other areas are open to counterattack
The list of NATO equipment headed into Ukraine continues to grow. On Sunday, it was reported that Poland is dispatching 18 AHS Krab self-propelled howitzers, which followed reports on Saturday that—though not an official part of any announced assistance package—the U.S. was sending an unknown number of self-propelled 155mm M109 howitzers.
Fox News Anchor Pleads For Gun Control: ‘Prayers Are Not Enough’
“We have to do something. We’ve got to get the lawmakers to do something,” Arthel Neville said.
Prankster Trolls NRA Head Wayne LaPierre To His Face In Front Of All His Pals
What first seemed like praise quickly turned uncomfortable for the NRA boss.
Insurance agency bails on LGBTQ book program thanks to conservative backlash
All young people attending school have had their worlds fundamentally altered during the COVID-19 pandemic. While some students are back in the in-person classroom—and even some without face masks—plenty of students are still in virtual or hybrid classrooms. Some people are homeschooled or learning on the road with their families.
CNN’s Jim Acosta Confronts NRA Board Member: ‘Isn’t This Blood On Your Hands?’
The Republican judge repeatedly dodged questions and insisted “I’m not the one that pulled the trigger.
Nuts & Bolts—Inside a Democratic campaign: responsibilities and pitfalls of protecting your seat
Welcome back to another entry into the Nuts & Bolts series! Each week I try to document information that comes from campaign managers, field directors, staff, and anyone else involved in campaigns all over the country. With the help of their input as well as our own community I’ve worked to maintain this guide for nearly a decade.